Pterophorinae

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title: "Pterophorinae" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["pterophorinae", "moth-subfamilies"] description: "Subfamily of moths" topic_path: "general/pterophorinae" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pterophorinae" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Subfamily of moths ::

| image = Exelastis pumilio (31266512278).jpg | image_caption = Exelastis pumilio | taxon = Pterophorinae | authority = Zeller, 1841 | subdivision_ranks = Genera and species | subdivision = See text

Pterophorinae is a subfamily of moths in the family Pterophoridae.

Tribes and genera

, the Catalogue of the Pterophoroidea of the World lists the following tribes and genera for subfamily Pterophorinae: ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b3/Stangeia_xerodes.jpg" caption="''[[Stangeia xerodes]]''
(Pterophorinae: [[Oxyptilini]])"] ::

• Tribe Marasmarchini Tutt, 1906 (=Exelastini Gielis, 2000)
  • Genus Arcoptilia Arenberger, 1985
  • Genus Exelastis Meyrick, 1908
  • Genus Fuscoptilia Arenberger, 1991
  • Genus Marasmarcha Meyrick, 1886
  • Genus Parafuscoptilia Hao & Li, 2005
• Tribe Oidaematophorini Bigot, Gibeaux, Nel & Picard, 1998
  • Genus Adaina Tutt, 1905
  • Genus Crassuncus Gibeaux, 1994
  • Genus Emmelina Tutt, 1905
  • Genus Gypsochares Meyrick, 1890
  • Genus Hellinsia Tutt, 1905
  • Genus Helpaphorus Gibeaux, 1994
  • Genus Oidaematophorus Wallengren, 1862
  • Genus Picardia Gibeaux, 1994
  • Genus Pselnophorus Wallengren, 1881
  • Genus Puerphorus Arenberger, 1990
  • Genus Setosipennula Gibeaux, 1994
• Tribe Oxyptilini Bigot, Gibeaux, Nel & Picard, 1998
  • Genus Apoxyptilus Alipanah, Sari, Sarafrat, Gielis & Manzari, 2010
  • Genus Buckleria Tutt, 1905
  • Genus Capperia Tutt, 1905
  • Genus Crombrugghia Tutt, 1906
  • Genus Dejongia Gielis, 1993
  • Genus Eucapperia Gibeaux, 1994
  • Genus Geina Tutt, 1906
  • Genus Intercapperia Arenberger, 1988
  • Genus Megalorhipida Amsel, 1935
  • Genus Oxyptilus Zeller, 1841
  • Genus Paracapperia Bigot & Picard, 1986
  • Genus Prichotilus Rose and Pooni, 2005
  • Genus Procapperia Adamczewski, 1951
  • Genus Pseudoxyptilus Alipanah, Sari, Sarafrat, Gielis & Manzari, 2010
  • Genus Sphenarches Meyrick, 1886
  • Genus Stangeia Tutt, 1905
  • Genus Stenodacma Amsel, 1959
  • Genus Tomotilus Yano, 1961
  • Genus Trichoptilus Walsingham, 1880
• Tribe Platyptiliini Bigot, Gibeaux, Nel & Picard, 1998

  • Genus Amblyptilia Hübner, [1825]

  • Genus Anstenoptilia Zimmerman, 1958

  • Genus Asiaephorus Gielis, 2000

  • Genus Bigotilia Gibeaux, 1994

  • Genus Bipunctiphorus Gibeaux, 1994

  • Genus Buszkoiana Koçak, 1981

  • Genus Cnaemidophorus Wallengren, 1862

  • Genus Crocydoscelus Walsingham, 1897

  • Genus Fletcherella Diakonoff, 1952

  • Genus Gillmeria Tutt, 1905

  • Genus Inferuncus Gibeaux, 1994

  • Genus Koremaguia Hampson, 1891

  • Genus Lantanophaga Zimmermann, 1958

  • Genus Leesi Gibeaux, 1996

  • Genus Lioptilodes Zimmerman, 1958

  • Genus Melanoptilia Gielis, 2006

  • Genus Michaelophorus Gielis, 1999

  • Genus Nippoptilia Matsumura, 1931

  • Genus Paraamblyptilia Gielis, 1991

  • Genus Paraplatyptilia Bigot & Picard, 1986

  • Genus Platyptilia Hübner, [1825][[File:Platyptilia celidotus.jpg|right|thumb|[[Platyptilia celidotus]] (Pterophorinae: Platyptilini)]][[File:Platyptilia falcatalis.jpg|right|thumb|[[Platyptilia falcatalis]] (Pterophorinae: Platyptilini)]] ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9a/BucksPlume.webm" caption="crab spider"] ::

  • Genus Platyptiliodes Strand, 1913

  • Genus Postplatyptilia Gielis, 1991

  • Genus Quadriptilia Gielis, 1994

  • Genus Sinpunctiptilia Arenberger, 2006

  • Genus Sochchora Walker, 1864

  • Genus Stenoptilia Hübner, [1825]

  • Genus Stenoptilodes Zimmermann, 1958

  • Genus Stockophorus Gielis, 1993

  • Genus Uroloba Walsingham, 1891

  • Genus Vietteilus Gibeaux, 1994

  • Genus Xyroptila Meyrick, 1908

• Tribe Pterophorini Bigot, Gibeaux, Nel & Picard, 1998
  • Genus Calyciphora Kasy, 1960
  • Genus Cosmoclostis Meyrick, 1886
  • Genus Diacrotricha Zeller, 1852
  • Genus Imbophorus Arenberger, 1991
  • Genus Merrifieldia Tutt, 1905
  • Genus Oirata Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, 2002
  • Genus Patagonophorus Gielis, 1991
  • Genus Porrittia Tutt, 1905
  • Genus Pterophorus Schäffer, 1766
  • Genus Septuaginta Ustjuzhanin, 1996
  • Genus Singularia Arenberger, 1988
  • Genus Tabulaephorus Arenberger, 1993
  • Genus Wheeleria Tutt, 1905
• Tribe Tetraschalini Gielis, 2000
  • Genus Tetraschalis Meyrick, 1887
  • Genus Titanoptilus Hampson, 1905
  • Genus Walsinghamiella Berg, 1898

References

References

1. "Pterophorinae {{!}} Overview {{!}} Finnish Biodiversity Info Facility".
2. "45 Pterophoridae".
3. "ITIS - Report: Pterophorinae".
4. (5 May 2023). "Family Pterophoridae".

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